Salt has been mined around Hallein on the west bank of the River Salzach, 18 km south of Salzburg, for more than 7,000 years. The area is best known for the artefacts of the Celtic civilisation that flourished [...] includes a section on the saltworks but visitors can also take a cable car from the town to visit the mine itself on the mountain called the Dürmberg, which employed 200 people in 1903. The workings extend [...] agreement between the two countries was negotiated in 1829. Visitors can see a film explaining how the mine was operated and are then offered a 90-minute guided tour which includes a journey of 400 m on an

Harchies is a mining community west of Bernissart, with which it has been combined for local government purposes since 1976. The mining museum was created in the years 1988-89 by a local man, Jeannot Duquesney [...] paraphernalia of coal mining, pumps, ventilators, depth indicators and tipping trucks. Perhaps the most unusual exhibit is a cage that was used for conveying horses down the shaft of a local mine. There are also [...] also displays of the equipment used in mine offices, of fossils and mineral specimens, and of mining art, including works by Ernest Dubois (1863-1931). Visitors taking refreshment in the museum restaurant

preserved mine at Harrachov operated from 1957 until 1992 in the mountains on the present border of the Czech Republic and Poland. It opened as a museum in 2003. The minerals extracted at the mine included [...] trams, and mining equipment such as rock drills driven by compressed air. In the museum on the surface are samples of minerals, tools, safety equipment and models and displays about the mine’s history. [...] barytes, galena and quartz, which had varied uses in the chemical and metallurgical industries. The mine had a vertical shaft and seven galleries with over 20 km of tunnels. The tour extends for around 1

led to the closure of the mine, but it was revived in the 1930s for the extraction of gold and silver, and during the Second World War it was an important source of copper. Mining operations employed some [...] The mine at Haveri, 35 km. north-west of Tamperi near the shores of Lake Kyrösjärvi, was worked in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for iron ore, which was smelted from 1843 at the Tammerkoski blast [...] day. The winners’ medals for the Olympic Games of 1952 in Helsinki were made of gold from Haveri. Mining operations came to an end in 1961. The museum, managed by the Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum, is one

particular reference to those killed in a coal dust explosion at the Stozenburg mine in 1988, thus putting an end to mining in the region. The nearby power plant, designed by the architects Werner Issel [...] and roughly the same distance northeast of Marburg, in the heart of a region that relied on lignite mining for more than 400 years. The museum, founded in 1992 and located in a timber-framed building called [...] miners. In a reconstructed gallery visitors can learn about the different methods of underground mining from the beginning of the 20th century until the end of the regional lignite industry in the 1980s

of silver in the eastern Alps. The Habsburg emperors on several occasions took the mine into their own hands. The mine became increasingly difficult to work, and after ventures between 1783 and 1885 seeking [...] operation ceased in 1963. The mine workings extend about 3 km into the mountains over a width of about 2 km, but is now flooded. Visitors to the museum can explore a show mine, opened in 1958, and on the [...] The silver mines at Oberzeiring, 16 km north-west of Judenburg in the Aauern Mountains, were worked for more than a thousand years and for several centuries in the late middle ages formed the most productive

the underworld the mine guides tell the story of a so called Treasurer still haunting the place. Back to the surface, visiting the pit bank of the "Angel" shaft nowadays used as a mining museum, the one-hour [...] one-hour trip to the historical silver mine of Tarnowskie Góry appears to be like a glimpse into distant world: A world made of nested silver and lead mines dominating the Upper Silesian town for more than [...] to the mining building there is a heritage park of steam machinery where visitors can experience the time when steam-powered drainage pumps, winding gear and locomotives revolutionized the mining industry

ploughing and in 1725 copper mining began. In the 19th century the copper mine passed into the ownership of the Dillinger mill. Copper was mined for the last time here in 1915/16. In 1992 the Friends of the [...] Coal mining is a dominant feature of the industrial and social history of the Saarland. But in Düppenweiler they used to mine copper. In 1723 a peasant came upon a lump of cupriferous rock whilst ploughing [...] the Historic Copper Ore Mine in Düppenweiler took over the site and have reconstructed it both above and below ground. At the start there was a lot of wild mining. But then a copper smelting expert by the

A hoist tower was a part of the non-existent mine where coal was extracted until 1993. When the mining was discontinued, some of the facilities were demolished. The following buildings were left: a management [...] management office, an old assembly room, a former dwelling-house for mine foremen, a mining fire brigade and a liquid air storage.

Limited is England´s only Slate Mine. Unlike slate taken from quarries, our Westmorland Green Slate is wholly extracted from beneath the hills - from eleven miles of mine tunnels - and is entirely envi [...] appreciated and has now been in further production since the re-opening of the mine in the mid 1990´s. You are welcome to visit the mine and experience the atmosphere. Take a trip with us and see how we prepare [...] prepare the slate, our visitor centre where you can enjoy our hospitality and the history of the mine. Then learn more about the benefits of slate as a building material. It´s a fascinating story, told at our

Hopewell Colliery is a working coal mine on a small scale. The Forest of Dean, on the border of England and Wales, has seen iron mining since prehistoric times and coal mining for hundreds of years. A few local [...] local people have long-established rights to open their own private mine in the forest. The guides at Hopewell Colliery are all experienced free miners. They take visitors underground for a short tour through

not recover its prosperity until 1930. The slate mine finally closed in 1997 and the present museum was opened in 2008 in the building from which the mines were managed, which also accommodated a power station [...] Réseau Ardoise d’Ardenne organisation and the trail guide La Route d’Ardoise link Rimogne with slate-mining heritage sites at Bertrix and Alle-sur-Semois in Belgium and Haut-Martelange in Luxembourg.

Coal mining around Hrastnik in the Sava region of central Slovenia began in 1804 and was stimulated by a link to the Austrian Südbahn (southern railway) in 1849. Glass making in Hrastnik began in 1860 [...] high quality table glass and lighting products. The glass industry, as well as the associated coal mines and chemical plants, is well illustrated in the town museum which was established in a former elementary

second largest iron ore mine in Austria. Visitors can see displays of tools and equipment from more than two millennia of mining history. The drainage and ventilation system of the mines are explained, and [...] Hüttenberg is a former mining town in Carinthia which has suffered since 1978 from the closure of mines and associated industries. The Carinthian Land Exhibition in 1995 attempted to revitalise the area [...] area by displaying its mining heritage and creating an open air museum to display the history of iron smelting in the area. The principal feature of the show mine is the 900 m long Erbstollen adit excavation

Fürst-Pückler-Land, glows like a silver stripe on the horizon of this wilderness, once the Meuro open-cast mine in Lusatia. The main feature of the ultra-modern building is a 270-metre long terrace, housing three [...] homes on flooded pits, cultivation on former industrial sites, and special interest tours in unique mining landscapes. Moreover, the Ilse Lake is just one of 20 former lignite pits which are currently being [...] exhibitions to help visitors gain a direct understanding of the history and development of the Lusatia mining region.

Ignacy Historic Mine was established in 1792 as Hoym mine. Later the name was changed into Ignacy. After coal mining ceased, the colliery has been open to visitors since 1999. Nowadays „Ignacy” combines [...] exhibit is a hundred-year-old steam machine, which visitors can see in action. Another attraction of the mine is the former water tower, which now has turned into a viewing point, offering a panoramic view of [...] of Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw. There is also a very large recreational area next to the mine with a playground, a garden of experiences and a steam fountain.

have been located under the same roof for over 80 years. In accordance with the Iron Library's name, mining, production, and processing of metals were the original focus of the collection. Since the founding

150 km E of Oporto, was, from Roman times, a significant centre of ironmaking. All the iron ore mines are now closed, but the remains of an eighteenth century blast furnace at Chapa Cunha were excavated

Rivers Fentsch and Orne. Ore mining not only took place underground; there was also enough work on the surface to ensure that the ore was mined. The Bassompierre iron ore mine in Aumetz is situated around [...] around 20 km away from the demonstration mine in Neufchef. Here visitors can see what it was like to work underground, whereas the site in Aumetz tells them all about the surface work. It contains a forge [...] bring iron ore to the surface. Today that is now all history: films and old photographs of the ore mines in Lorraine have preserved this history for current and future generations.

), Director of the Division of Industry and Mining of the Congress Kingdom of Poland between 1816 and 1824, and chairman of the Board of Directors of Mining for the Kielce region established a series of